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Kelkay bought by US company for $56million
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2018-- Griffon Corporation (“Griffon” or the “Company”) (NYSE:GFF) announced that its subsidiary, The AMES Companies, Inc., (“AMES”) acquired Kelkay Limited (“Kelkay”), a United Kingdom manufacturer and distributor of decorative outdoor landscaping products sold to leading garden centers, retailers and grocers in the UK and Ireland. The purchase price for Kelkay is approximately $56 million, and is expected to contribute approximately $40 million in annualized revenue and be immediately accretive to Griffon’s earnings in its first full year of operations....
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All hands to the pump at Gardman as backlog gets cleared
"We've been picking day and night, it's all hands to the pump as we catch up during February..."
Read more and see a photo tour of the new warehouse
QD Group acquires The Barn Garden Centre in Peterborough
Acquisition is the 11th garden centre in the Group
East Anglian discount retailer, QD Group, has acquired The Barn Garden & Aquatic Centre in Peterborough...
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Major garden centre projects near completion
At the end of this month three projects of Smiemans Projecten, the Dutch builder of all types of glass constructions, will reach completion. One of the two projects in England is the new restaurant for Groves Nurseries in Bridgeport. The other project is a new construction and renovation for Squire's Garden Centre in Woking.
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Squire's eyes investment opportunties after parting with Windsor centre
Squire’s Garden Centres is actively looking for further sites having taken the difficult decision to part with their Windsor centre, which will close in the autumn of 2018...
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GTN's Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards were revealed during a special breakfast event at Glee at Spring Fair on Tuesday. Gold award winners included Brookside Kent, Ruxley Manor, The Old Railway Line, Kirktown, Silverbirch and Whitehall Lacock.
From left to right: Trevor Pfeiffer, awards organiser; Kerry Freeman, Gardman; Mark Cleary, Old Railway Line; Chris Yeu, Summerhill; Louise Young, event director of Spring Fair; Matthew Mein, event director of Glee.
Full list of award winners and pictures
New deal sees Posh Sheds available to garden centre customers for the first time
A new deal with Van Hage will see beautifully hand-crafted sheds from The Posh Shed Company available to garden centre customers. The partnership sees the company’s Tin Hat range becoming available in Van Hage’s Chenies branch in Buckinghamshire...
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Glee at Spring Fair receives positive response
After five days of showcasing their new products in front of a wide-ranging audience at Glee at Spring Fair, exhibitors have been praising the 'new' addition to the garden industry calendar.
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Glee at Spring Fair's New Product Award winner revealed
The Glee at Spring Fair New Product Award, run in association with Garden Trade News, was won by Jardinopia Ltd, who scooped this year’s top prize with Potty Feet.
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Custom Counters consultancy service from Fri-Jado UK
Uxbridge based foodservice and food retailing equipment provider, Fri-Jado UK Limited, has introduced a consultancy service for the design of Custom Counters. The free of charge service is available to end users, contractors, distributors and equipment concept specialists...
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Glee welcomes new team member to boost UK coverage
The team behind Glee has recently been expanded with the recruitment of Daniel McAlpin, who will be responsible for raising awareness of Glee’s exciting new dedicated pet sector – Pets @ Glee.
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Buyers from Denmark, Finland, Latvia and the Netherlands seek new products at Gardenex event
The latest in the highly successful ‘Meet the International Buyers’ events organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip associations will take place at the Federation’s head office in Brasted, Kent on 1 March 2018.
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Garden Living: the new consumer website from LOFA
LOFA (Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association) has launched a new website specifically aimed at consumers - www.garden-living.co.uk.
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New Burgon & Ball 'Buzz and Dotty' Kneelo kneelers for kids
Burgon & Ball is helping garden centres expand their offering to the key family market this summer, with the launch of two new colourful Kneelo kneelers with real kid appeal...
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Plant-athons planned at Klondyke garden centres on Garden Re-Leaf Day
Bob Hewitt, along with colleagues David Yardley, David Abbott, Ian McCavish and Eric Snowden, shall be taking part in six separate 12 hour Plant-athons to raise money for the Greenfingers charity on Garden Re-Leaf Day on March 16.
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Wildlife World celebrates 20 years in business
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Wildlife World. Founder and MD of Wildlife World, Norman Sellers has seen the company grow into one of Europe’s leading designers and manufacturers of wildlife feeders, habitats and other educational products...
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GROEN-Direkt’s 2018 Spring Fair: this was the news
News from GROEN-Direkt’s Spring Fair held in Amsterdam on February 6-7...
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Looking for Christmas Ideas for 2018?
If you are on your way to Harrogate and wanting some extra input of ideas for your Christmas 2018, take a look at GTN's photo tours of 30+ garden centres this Christmas including:
- Aylett Nurseries
- Barton Grange
Baytree
Bents
Blue Diamond Trentham
Brookside, Kent
Castle Gardens
Daleside Klondyke
Dobbies Mellville
Fresh at Burcot
Fron Goch
Frosts Woburn Sands
Gardenwise
Gouldings
Haskins Ferndown
Haskins West End
Hetland
Kirktown
Mains of Drum
Millbrook Gravesend
Notcutts Solihull
Old Railway Line
Planters Tamworth
Pughs Radyr
Raemoir
Ruxley Manor
Silverbirch
Summerhills
Thurrock
Whitehall Lacock
Woodlands Ash, Kent
See GTN's Christmas Garden Centre photo tours
The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Bunnings owner could exit the UK by June, says newspaper report
Retail giant Wesfarmers could abort its troubled invasion of the British Isles as soon as June after admitting it made serious mistakes when trying to transplant the successful Bunnings model to the northern hemisphere, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald...
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Gardman acknowledges teething problems at new distribution centre...but says they're now fixed
Gardman has acknowledged the company has experienced teething problems at its new £30 million custom-built distribution centre in Daventry but says it's confident it will cope with the busy Spring period...
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Good growth reported for Blue Diamond Group
The Blue Diamond Group has traded well again and delivered good growth in 2017, although the sales increase over the full year has been lower than in previous years and the first half of 2017, according to figures published in a shareholder announcement.
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Top trends for 2018 are inspired by nature
Reflecting their passion for design and quality, Floralsilk launched their impressive Christmas Collection for 2018 with an exclusive collection of Christmas tree ornaments, wreaths, garlands, trees and wintery foliage and it was a great opportunity to see what the fashion will be for the year ahead...
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